Command R on Apple M4 Pro · 48GB

✅ Runs (tight) — Command R 35B @ Q4_K_M
Command R 35B at Q4_K_M needs ~30.7 GB (weights 19.8 GB + KV 10.0 GB + overhead 1011 MB @ 8K ctx) of your 33.0 GB usable (of 48.0 GB unified memory) — fits, but little headroom — close other apps or trim context. Expect ~6–11 tok/s (usable).
context @ Q4_K_M: comfortable to 4K · runs to 16K · won't fit past that on this rig
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✗ Q8_046.3 GB—
~ Q5_K_M34.3 GB~0.7–1 tok/s (slow)
✓ Q4_K_M30.7 GB~6–11 tok/s (usable)
✓ Q3_K_M26.7 GB~8–13 tok/s (usable)
$runlocal install command-r:35b
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Command R: Runs (tight)
for your own README — links back here

Same model, other machines: Apple M1 · Apple M1 Pro · Apple M2 · Apple M3 Pro · Apple M2 Pro · Apple M3 Max

Also runs on a Apple M4 Pro: Qwen3 · DeepSeek-R1 (distill) · Qwen2.5 · Mixtral 8x7B · Gemma 4

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